contests

The Boxcar children uncover a mystery when they compete in several contests at the county fair.

Eddie "Air" Ball wants to win the Finkle Foods poetry contest for a chance to sink a million-dollar free throw at halftime of the NBA finals. He knows he can make the shot, no problem. He's not so sure he can write a winning poem, though.

Bad Bart, the burliest boy pirate in the Atlantic, and Mean Mo, the mightiest girl pirate in the Pacific, meet in the middle in a no-holds-barred contest to see which is the best pirate in the world.

Twelve-year-old Adam Story is challenged by the deposed ruler of Babababad and his mongoose companion to become the first youngster to travel around the world in forty days without an adult.

In 1945 Chicago, as her Jewish family anxiously awaits news of relatives left behind in Europe, ten-year-old Dorrie learns new recipes in the hope of winning a baking competition at school. Includes recipes for various foods, from chocolate pudding to chocolate mandelbread.

A graphic novel in which Pikachu and Ash encounter many adventures on the way to the Pokemon League Competition, involving a seed Pokemon guardian spirit, strange Clefairy appearances, a Gloom trainer mixed up in a Team Rocket scheme, and rivalry with Ash's new friend Richie.

Paddington Bear and Mr. Gruber enter the Busy Bee Adventure Trail contest in which the winner is whomever finds the most objects starting with the letter "B, " and the clever bear finds the most important B of all.

Katani wants to win a contest for young entrepreneurs, but she also has major school projects to work on and twenty scarves to knit, and Maeve is undermining her efforts by signing up for her rival's tutoring service.

When Mrs. Rose grows a prize crop of vegetables guaranteed to win all the blue ribbons at the County Fair, she is inspired to a generous act involving the gardens of her friends.

Discusses the Freaky Joe Club's team known as the Sea Dragons as they try to beat the Sharks in the Imagination Railroad contest.